School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Production and Design
  • Unit Code

    WRT5120
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit is an introduction to the components which make up the production of professional publications: production, editing and design. It is intended for students and people in the workplace who are required to write and produce finished material to a high level of presentation. These people will typically include accountants, health workers, engineers, marketing and public relations practitioners, trainers and so on.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Edit transcripts of speeches and proceedings, dialogues and official minutes.
  2. Lay out and design texts in line with publishing house styles, formats, and sustainability principles.
  3. Reliably carry out advanced copy-editing.
  4. Take responsibility for structural editing of fiction and non-fiction texts.

Unit Content

  1. Applied textual development in accordance with major Australian, British and American style guides.
  2. Basic principles of publication design/formatting in desktop publishing software applications.
  3. Development of sustainable and ethical publication processes.
  4. Generation and editing of a range of texts to acceptable publication standards.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Blackboard (LMS) and other Internet-based technologies where appropriate. Students will require access to a computer, scanner, video/audio recording device and speakers of a standard typically used in online learning environments.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment50%
ExaminationExamination50%

Text References

  • ^ (2003). Style manual for authors, editors and printers. (6th ed.). Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Lichty, T. (1994). Design principles for desktop publishers. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Rude, C.D. (2001). Technical editing. London, United Kingdom: Longman.
  • Adobe Creative Team. (2001). AdobePageMaker 7.0 classroom in a book. Berkeley. CA: Pearson Education, Adobe Press.
  • Downman, S. (2008). Edit: A guide to layout, design and publication. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
  • Green, C. (1997). The desktop publisher's idea book. New York, NY: Bantam.
  • Taylor, J., & Heale, S. (1992). Editing for desktop publishing. London, United Kingdom: John Taylor.
  • (1995). Looking good: Desktop publishing. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
  • Marshall, L. (2004). Bookmaking: Editing, design, production. New York, NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Parker, R.C. (1996). Looking good in print. New York, NY: Ventana Press.
  • Parker, R.C. (1995). Newsletters from the desktop. New York, NY: Ventana Press.
  • Peters, P. (1996). The Cambridge Australian English style guide. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge UP.

Website References

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Production and Design
  • Unit Code

    WRT5120
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit is an introduction to the components which make up the production of professional publications: production, editing and design. It is intended for students and people in the workplace who are required to write and produce finished material to a high level of presentation. These people will typically include accountants, health workers, engineers, marketing and public relations practitioners, trainers and so on.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Edit transcripts of speeches and proceedings, dialogues and official minutes.
  2. Lay out and design texts in line with publishing house styles, formats, and sustainability principles.
  3. Reliably carry out advanced copy-editing.
  4. Take responsibility for structural editing of fiction and non-fiction texts.

Unit Content

  1. Applied textual development in accordance with major Australian, British and American style guides.
  2. Basic principles of publication design/formatting in desktop publishing software applications.
  3. Development of sustainable and ethical publication processes.
  4. Generation and editing of a range of texts to acceptable publication standards.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Blackboard (LMS) and other Internet-based technologies where appropriate. Students will require access to a computer, scanner, video/audio recording device and speakers of a standard typically used in online learning environments.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment50%
ExaminationExamination50%

Text References

  • ^ (2003). Style manual for authors, editors and printers. (6th ed.). Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Rude, C.D. (2001). Technical editing. London, United Kingdom: Longman.
  • Peters, P. (1996). The Cambridge Australian English style guide. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge UP.
  • Parker, R.C. (1995). Newsletters from the desktop. New York, NY: Ventana Press.
  • Parker, R.C. (1996). Looking good in print. New York, NY: Ventana Press.
  • Marshall, L. (2004). Bookmaking: Editing, design, production. New York, NY: WW Norton & Co.
  • Lichty, T. (1994). Design principles for desktop publishers. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Green, C. (1997). The desktop publisher's idea book. New York, NY: Bantam.
  • Downman, S. (2008). Edit: A guide to layout, design and publication. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
  • Adobe Creative Team. (2001). AdobePageMaker 7.0 classroom in a book. Berkeley. CA: Pearson Education, Adobe Press.
  • Taylor, J., & Heale, S. (1992). Editing for desktop publishing. London, United Kingdom: John Taylor.
  • (1995). Looking good: Desktop publishing. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.

Website References

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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